In this series—Baby Steps to Beowulf: Old English for Beginners—linguist Colin Gorrie will teach you how to read Old English texts like Beowulf with the aid of a dictionary. Like every language,…
To continue this beloved tradition, we will be hosting another Central Park picnic to hang out with fellow Interintellect folks. Bring a blanket, some snacks, and water, and let's dive…
In this episode of his music production workshop series, musician and sound engineer Zsolt Török invites you to discuss the history and cultural impact of synthesizers, and explore the creative…
Have you thought about hosting a salon, but you are worried you would mess it all up? Maria Górska-Piszek recently joined the Interintellect team, and wants to hear about all…
Join Kyla Scanlon in her this first episode of Obsessions, a new monthly sequence of rotating topics. In this episode, we will focus on the Federal Reserve! The Federal Reserve…
In this series—Baby Steps to Beowulf: Old English for Beginners—linguist Colin Gorrie will teach you how to read Old English texts like Beowulf with the aid of a dictionary. Like every language,…
Hi, I am Arkadiusz Synowczyk. I am a philosophy student at Newcastle University (UK). My areas of specialization are epistemology (the theory of knowledge) and philosophy of science. You can find me on Twitter. Thomas Kuhn is one of the most influential philosophers of science of the twentieth century. His most famous book – The Structure…
Join Jared Davis—a software engineer in Cambridge, Massachusetts who enjoys studying mathematics and reads widely—for the first of a four-part discussion of 21st Century Monetary Policy. In this salon, we…
Come join David White for the next installment of a salon series dedicated to exploring the themes, ideas, and world-building of science fiction. We will start analyzing the world of Ender's Game and discuss the costs of war, the importance of empathy, and the logic of survival. Ender’s Game serves as an important meditation on the nature…
Hello! I'm Matt Neapolitan, a cinematographer in Los Angeles. You can find me on Twitter. This Sunday, we'll be discussing Viktor Frankl's beloved reflection on finding meaning in suffering and how his concentration camp experience shaped a new school of psychology. We'll touch on themes as relevant today as in his own time: compassion, free…
Join members of the “Gödel, Escher, Bach” book club in reading through David Deutsch’s “The Beginning of Infinity.” Share the pleasure of wrestling with a challenging, thought-provoking book with the help of friendly peers’ additional eyes, hearts, minds, and experiences. Maybe you heard about it on Naval's podcast, or perhaps you follow the father of…
Join Jacob Huber, founder of Revolutionary Character, to discuss the methods and science behind starting at an individual level to address change. In an ever changing world filled with challenges from sustainability to inequality, we need more people capable of leading change in themselves, their communities, and their companies. If we can't change ourselves, though,…
